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Scripting provides a relatively simple mechanism for automating operations and controlling other software. Developers can create plaintext script files that are interpreted by one or more applications, such as a JavaScript interpreter in a browser, AppleScript, or the Terminal application (a command-line interpreter available in Mac OS X). Among many uses for scripting, developers use shell scripts in Xcode as part of the build process; website administrators make frequent use of JavaScript and Perl; users of all types write AppleScript scripts to control scriptable applications, as well as many parts of the Mac OS.
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Programmatically causing restart, shutdown and/or logout (HTML) ()
QA1134: Describes how to programmatically cause restart, shutdown, sleep or logout.
 2003-02-10
Setting environment variables for user processes (HTML)
QA1067: Tells how to set environment variables for user processes.
 2001-10-25